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Dictionary: lodg·ing   (lŏj'ĭng) pronunciation
n.
  1. A place to live: found lodging near her new job.
  2. Sleeping accommodations. Often used in the plural: We found the lodgings on the tour rather primitive.
  3. lodgings Furnished rooms in another's house rented for accommodation.

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Facility where one sleeps away from home (e.g., hotel, apartment). For tax years beginning in 1987, lodging expenses are deductible by individuals as employee business expenses only if the aggregate amount of miscellaneous deductions exceeds 2% of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income. Further, the tax law establishes rules for including in income qualified campus lodging provided by a school to an employee. In general, gross income does not include the value of qualified campus lodging. However, it is included to the extent the rent paid is less than the lesser of 5% of the appraised value of the lodging or the average rentals paid (by persons other than employees and students) to the school for comparable housing.

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noun

  1. Dwellings in general: housing, shelter. Idioms: a roof over one's head. See protection/exposure.
  2. A building or shelter where one lives. abode, domicile, dwelling, habitation, home, house, place, residence. Chiefly British dig (used in plural). See protection/exposure.

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IN BRIEF: A temporary rented dwelling.

pronunciation I was able to find lodging at the high mountain cabin just before the storm began.

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Lodging (or a holiday accommodation) is a type of residential accommodation. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging for sleep, rest, safety, shelter from cold temperatures or rain, storage of luggage and access to common household functions.

Lodging is done in a hotel, hostel or hostal, a private home (commercial, i.e. a bed and breakfast, a guest house, a vacation rental, or non-commercially, with members of hospitality services or in the home of friends), in a tent, caravan/camper (often on a campsite). In addition there are make-shift solutions.

Sleeping is typically done lying in a bed, or more generally on a soft surface, such as an air mattress, a couch, etc. Some trains have sleeping cars.

Sometimes people sleep sitting, because lying is not possible, such as in a train (if not in a sleeping car), a bus, a seat in a waiting room or a bench on the street or in a park. Inclinable seats allow something between sitting and lying. Whether lying on a row of seats is possible and comfortable depends on the presence of arm rests, and whether they can be moved up. In some public places, lying would be possible, but is not permitted.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - logi

idioms:

  • lodging house    pensionat, natherberg, logihus
  • lodgings    logi, lejet værelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderdak, gehuurde kamer(s), kosthuis

Français (French)
n. - logement, hébergement
n. pl. - logement

idioms:

  • lodging house    pension (arch)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unterkunft
n. pl. - möbliertes Zimmer

idioms:

  • lodging house    Pension

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κατάλυμα, ενδιαίτηση, παροχή στέγης, επιπλωμένο δωμάτιο/διαμέρισμα

idioms:

  • lodging house    οίκημα ενοικιαζόμενων επιπλωμένων διαμερισμάτων
  • lodgings    νοικιασμένο κατάλυμα, ενδιαίτημα ή διαμέρισμα

Italiano (Italian)
alloggio, pensione

idioms:

  • lodging house    locanda

Português (Portuguese)
n. - alojamento (m)

idioms:

  • lodging house    pensão (f), hospedaria (f)
  • lodgings    quarto de pensão

Русский (Russian)
временное жилье, полегание, сдаваемая комната

idioms:

  • lodging house    меблированные комнаты
  • lodgings    сдаваемая комната или комнаты

Español (Spanish)
n. - alojamiento, hospedaje, pensión, posada, habitación
n. pl. - habitaciones, aposentos

idioms:

  • lodging house    casa de huéspedes

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - husrum, logi

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
寄宿, 借宿, 寄宿舍, 住所, 寓所, 租住的房间

idioms:

  • lodging house    宿舍, 公寓
  • lodgings    寄宿, 借宿

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 寄宿, 借宿, 寄宿舍, 住所, 寓所, 租住的房間

idioms:

  • lodging house    宿舍, 公寓
  • lodgings    寄宿, 借宿

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 숙박, 숙소

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 宿, 宿泊, 貸間

idioms:

  • lodging house    下宿屋
  • lodgings    下宿屋, 貸間

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) منزل, مسكن, مستقر, مأوى مؤقت, مستودع, إقامه, سكن, أسباب الراحه الخاصه بالمبيت والمنام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דיור, אכסניה, מגורים, דירה שכורה, חדר שכור, הגשה (של כתב טענות)‬


 
 
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